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as in filled
containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
had never seen shelves so stuffed with books
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as in full
having one's appetite completely satisfied
we were still stuffed from our huge breakfast and didn't want lunch
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as in packed
to close up so that no empty spaces remain
stuffed the box with tissue paper so the contents wouldn't rattle around
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as in gorged
to fill with food to capacity
kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper
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as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space
stuffed all the kids into the back of the car
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as in blocked
to prevent passage through by filling with something
I can't smell anything, as my nose is all stuffed
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as in loaded
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
stuffed a whole suitcase with gifts for her relatives in Mexico
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Recent Examples of stuffed
Connie Ogle
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Inside, Sophie loves to play with her baby dolls and stuffed animals.
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Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
9 June 2026
Hearty options at The Farmhouse Cafe like stuffed hashbrowns are adventure fuel.
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Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
The elaborate staging kept with the song’s energy, with the group bursting out of a giant pink teddy bear outfitted with speakers for paws, interrupting a tea party scene populated by extras with pinkies raised, before launching into the track amid a cascade of colour and floating stuffed animals.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Barbies, stuffed animals, cowgirl hats, and handwritten notes now surround the original cross placed at the site after her death.
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Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
The LoveShackFancy x Pottery Barn Teen Easter basket collab is customized with Colette's name and full of stuffed animals, books, and even a tiny pair of Christian Louboutin shoes.
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Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Where To Eat, Buy, And Cook Stuffed Ham Learning to cook stuffed ham is an art form that continues today throughout the Southern Maryland community.
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Katie Riley,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2026
Their products ranged from home decor and home goods to clothing, home bakeries with a cottage bakery license, handmade books, jewelry and stuffed animals.
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Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Michael Sandler,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
It can be used as a super-soft full-sized blanket, or as a travel pillow when stuffed back into its carrying case.
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Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
No air-conditioning, no insulation, its charm blunted by DIY additions, discount drywall, generations of putty and steel wool stuffed into varmint tunnels.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
They are all stuffed into selections from the adults-only section of a Spirit Halloween store and made to perform amateur strip teases for their fellow Islanders — all strapped to heart-rate monitors — to see who can raise whose heart rate the most.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The scent of pistachio and spices invited visitors toward vendors who offered samples of sweets stuffed with dates or nuts and shots of strong black coffee spiced heavily with cardamom.
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Once stuffed, these jumbo shells transform in the oven, turning golden brown, bubbling, and crisp.
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Carole Kotkin,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
The famous pencils stuffed in Grace's hair?
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Emma Urdangen,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
Tillman stuffed his stat line with an assist, two shots on target, two interceptions and four fouls drawn in 81 minutes.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
Adjective
There’s babaganoush, of course, as well as stuffed eggplant.
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Connie Ogle
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Inside, Sophie loves to play with her baby dolls and stuffed animals.
—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
9 June 2026
Hearty options at The Farmhouse Cafe like stuffed hashbrowns are adventure fuel.
—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
The elaborate staging kept with the song’s energy, with the group bursting out of a giant pink teddy bear outfitted with speakers for paws, interrupting a tea party scene populated by extras with pinkies raised, before launching into the track amid a cascade of colour and floating stuffed animals.
—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Barbies, stuffed animals, cowgirl hats, and handwritten notes now surround the original cross placed at the site after her death.
—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
The LoveShackFancy x Pottery Barn Teen Easter basket collab is customized with Colette's name and full of stuffed animals, books, and even a tiny pair of Christian Louboutin shoes.
—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Where To Eat, Buy, And Cook Stuffed Ham Learning to cook stuffed ham is an art form that continues today throughout the Southern Maryland community.
—
Katie Riley,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2026
Their products ranged from home decor and home goods to clothing, home bakeries with a cottage bakery license, handmade books, jewelry and stuffed animals.
—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Pelé, Brazil’s greatest soccer hero, learned the game with a ball that his father made out of a sock stuffed with rags.
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Michael Sandler,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
It can be used as a super-soft full-sized blanket, or as a travel pillow when stuffed back into its carrying case.
—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
No air-conditioning, no insulation, its charm blunted by DIY additions, discount drywall, generations of putty and steel wool stuffed into varmint tunnels.
—
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
They are all stuffed into selections from the adults-only section of a Spirit Halloween store and made to perform amateur strip teases for their fellow Islanders — all strapped to heart-rate monitors — to see who can raise whose heart rate the most.
—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The scent of pistachio and spices invited visitors toward vendors who offered samples of sweets stuffed with dates or nuts and shots of strong black coffee spiced heavily with cardamom.
—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Once stuffed, these jumbo shells transform in the oven, turning golden brown, bubbling, and crisp.
—
Carole Kotkin,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
The famous pencils stuffed in Grace's hair?
—
Emma Urdangen,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
Tillman stuffed his stat line with an assist, two shots on target, two interceptions and four fouls drawn in 81 minutes.
—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuffed
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The Wall Street Journal featured Reese alongside WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson on its magazine cover, even after Caitlin Clark broke numerous records, filled arenas, and set new marks for WNBA broadcasts.
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The new system allows citations to be transmitted electronically and enter the court records system pre-filled.
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The surest way to move the fastest, have the greatest impact and capture the most value is to vertically integrate and execute on the full value chain end-to-end.
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Ecuador’s fans packed Philadelphia Stadium last Monday, too, with their yellow dwarfing the orange of Ivory Coast supporters.
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Team Melli was essentially the home team in the Los Angeles area for its second straight match in front of a stadium packed with fans from the diaspora both supporting the Iranians and decrying the government, with boos of the anthem and hundreds of pre-revolutionary Lion and Sun flags displayed.
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The Raiders gorged in a different way, blowing the center market out of the water with a massive, $27 million per year contract for Baltimore’s Tyler Linderbaum and rocketing toward the top of the league in money spent.
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This means selling off many of the securities the Fed gorged on in a stair-step of crises over the last 18 years.
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Being based in southern England, its Latin language is crammed full of English place-names containing the sound /w/, like Winchester, Worcester and Wallingford.
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The catch is that most contractors already have yards crammed with the old-style kit, and while wooden boards wear out after a few years of use, steel tubes can last indefinitely so long as they’re maintained.
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Export controls have blocked Huawei and China’s leading chipmakers from access to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools and leading-edge foundry capacity around which the frontier semiconductor roadmap is organized.
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When city marshals tried to evict Charrington’s family from the home over the property dispute on April 22, about 50 protesters led by City Councilman Chi Ossé blocked the front door.
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During the last homestand, the day after the bottom of the order struck out consecutively with the bases loaded in what became a walk-off win against the Baltimore Orioles, Roberts called over Ryan Ward and Alex Freeland in the dugout during batting practice.
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Detroit, though, loaded the bases with one out in the third on a walk, Altuve's fielding error and a hit batter.
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The main highway leading south from Beirut was jammed Tuesday with people displaced from southern Lebanon returning to their homes.
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The main highway leading south from Beirut was jammed Tuesday with people displaced from southern Lebanon returning to their homes.
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